Swain County Herald.
Published Weekly at
Ilryson City,
H. A. Hodge, Ed. & Pub
New Hampshire bank officials are en
deavoring to secure a redaction in the
rate of taxation on bank deposit.
The growth and popularity of relig
ious clubs whose main object is the pro
motion of social intercourse is one of tbl
in te resting signs of the times.
All the ways of New York -city are
magnificent Her net debt is more than
$91,600,000, end her, government cost
her $10,000,000 a year. - ' ;
The question, explains the Washing
ton ,V?ar, is not whether the United
States ehall permit or refuse to permit
the Panama "Canal to be d -g.but whether
th-j work of completing the canal shall
be attempted by J ranee a3 a Government
instead of by Frenchmen as individuals.
F. C. Wires, In a recent number of the
Internal io-a' J.Wor.l of Char tis and Cor
rcc ian, says that in 15') the ratio of
prisoners to jopulation was -""0 to the
million. Ten years afterward it was 07,
a de &de later, 8: and eight years agp
1 1G9 to the million.
Bays the New York Gra-hir: "The
fact that Congressman MofTatt, of Fenn
lylvania, is coi.fined in a private asylum,
the result of overwork and excitement
incident to the recent campaigns, has
called attention to thTfct that over a
half dozen Congressmen who were de
feated foi cither re-noraination "or re
election have to far this session not ap
peared in tho House. Ia several in
itances they are eported as suffering
from melancholia incident to their de
feat." , Jl .
In the Servian Constitutional Conven
tion there are i.Vi peasants, who appear
In the dress of country people, most of
them wearing sandals on tneir feet, and
all of them, without exception, having
a long knife cither dangling at their side
or stuck in tho girdle. Tho wearing of
this weapon is the historic distinction of
a freeniai in ifervla, and the fashion is
followed by tonio 100 o'her deputies be
longing to tho class of merchants and
artisans, lbs 'V'reat Skuptsehlna,''
as it is called, is to revise the Servian
"Couetlution.
It is not often that a man feels happy
over the prospect of spending his life in
prison, yet such a one was Adolph fteich,
the convicted wife murderer, when he
tarted from New York for Sing Sing.
So grateful was lie for the commutation
Of his death sentence that he craved and
was granted permission to say good bye
to the five condemned murderers con
fined in the Tpmbi Giblin, Packinham;
Lewis, Carotin and Carlton. These fare
wells were very affecting. Then came
his la-t good-bye to the-keeper and the
warden. As lie was placed in the van
he cried: ''This is the happiest morning
I have had for two years, "i He was taken
to Sing iug on the" tight .. m. train.
nurnglhe past year 22 railroad con
pan es in this country, with o210 m'.lo
of lines,' $J4;02J,200 of funded debt
and $ 2,7S3,700 of capital stock, passed
into the hands of receivers. These fig
ures are "larger than those for 1887 or
1S8U and smaller than those for 1885 or
1881, in which latter, year an enormous
amount of railway liquidation was ef
fected, receivers being appointed foi
over 11,000 mile of road, representee
by nearly $713,000,000 of funded deb!
and stock. Of the failures for the year,
four roads furnished 77 per cent, of tho
mileage and 87 per eeiit. of the funded
debt and stock. They Wore the Missouri,
Kansas ar.d Texas with 1011 miles' and.
$915,000, C00, the Minneapolis and St.
Louis with 1154 miles; and $10,200,000,
tho Dayton, Fort Waynaand Chicago with
253 nfl'.es and about $10,500,000, and
the Cincinnati, Washington and Balti
more with 81 miles md $4!,940,0G0.
Of the roads which went into tho hands
of receivers, during 1$88 many should
never havo been built, other could be
successfully operated only In connection
with large systems, and still others wet
mismanaged.
' From the following statistics it will
be seen that there is p'enty of room on
the earth for all the people who inhabit
it, and that there is no fear of our planet
becoming overpopvilated at present. The
entire population of the world (now es
timated at 1,400,000,000) could stand on
the space occupred by 'New York,
Brooklyn and Jersey City. The Sjate
of New York would in this way accom
modate 500 times the present popula
tion ef the world. , The entire popula
tion of the world, placed side by side,
and allowing two feet to each person,
would encircle the earth tweuty times.
The States of Elaine, New Hampshire
and Vermont, taken together, are as
large as England. Any one of the States
of Georgia, Illinois, Iowa and North
Carolina is as large as England. Kan
sas is as large as England and Scotland
together. Iieland is about the size ol
Main. France is more than twice as
large as England, Wales and Scotland
together. Texas is thirty-live times ai
large as Massachusetts, or as largo as
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Khode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jeisey, Pennsylvania,
telaware, Maryland, Ohio and Indiana
combined. The entire population ol
the United States could be provided for
. in the State of Texas, allowing each
man, woman an 4. child four, acres ol
land. The entire population of th
woild could be provided for in th
United States, allowing each person on
and a half acres. , . . .
FOREIGN NEWS
Marketr for rams and
abrics at Man-
Chester is 1 eported as steady
A shock of earthquake
was leit in
-
Naples on Monday. V es
rvius is 8gam
active. !
The Soudanese have e
acuated Han-
doub, lower Egypt,
the town by fire.
They destroyed
Ouceri Christina, of S
pain has signed
i '
a decree appointing Gen
tain general of Cuba.
Halamanca cap-
Eight workingmen were
killed near
Halle, Germany, by a
train. ',
pfcssing rauroaa
Snow storms prevail throughout Great
Britain, France and Germany, blocking
railways and interrupt!
telegraph
communication.
De Lessens is ill'. Hitherto he has de-
fled his years but old agfe hag suddenly
fallen upon him with the
Panama Canal scheme.
collapse of the
James O'Kellv, M. P. fi
rr UNortn ncs-
common, Irtlind, has bee
a sentenced to
six months imprisonment J for inciting
tenants to adopt the planl or campaign.
S:r William Conrad Peteves. the baro
net iust t reated bv. Queen Victoria, is a
neero. black as t he ace of spades.' He
is a printer by trade, a lafcvyerby profes
sion, and a chief justice
of Barbadoes,
Extensive land slips I
ave occurred at
on of Neulicht-
Flenrier village, in Canl
el, Switzeildtd.
been demolished.
Several
housc-s have
Inhabitants are flee-
ing for their livesi
I
secured by
The value of the plurdder
the mob in the recent
lot io Rome; is
estimated at $75,000. Tttie Italian Gov
ernment possesses evidence that Anar-
chist leaders fomented tq
b agitation.
Emr,eror William, on
Germany has
officially notified Princ
b Alexander of
Battenburjj that he dots
nut desire his
presence in Berlin in c
bnnecticn with
the settlement of the
affairs of hi.sj
A.ldxauder of!
father, the I late Prince!
lles-e, or oa any other business.
The Italian Government has consented
to erive the use of the Colosseum at Home
to the American base bi
has been found that the
of thi galleries preclud
plavihg in the arena. T
at Brindi&i on Saturday
I pi ay eis. but it
dangerous state
b the idea iof
e teams arrived
. Prince Bismarck's attack: of neuralgia
is complicated, with rhdumatism. dLor
der, Sviint of appetite and insomnia
Ho
.the
V 1 1 i s
continues, to j work
againbt
auvict of his nnvsician
visits to the Crunceileiid
me marKea by
ireeiuent outbursts ol 'as
sion aau otner
evidences of extreme irri
abilicy. Apart
from his moibid pbya
iral condition,
.party intrig its, aiming
to sip hisjin-
tlu'.-nee with the Empi
ror. worrv tne
Cliaucollor more than cv
r.
The Turks as Soldier?.
Mr. Villiers, the English war corre
spondent, scents ithe battle from afar olf
even now. He is convi aced that sooner
or later Britain will ha e to submit the
question of the Hussi in advance on
India to the arbitramen ,of the sword.
Like many Englishmen, ho is doubtful,
very doubtful, of the res lit. Mr. Villiers
regrets that Englai.d did not clutch
Turkey when she hael the chance to do
so, not because of the added wealth
that the Turkish possessions would give
to Britain, but because of the splendid
qualities of the Turkish soldier. In his
appreciation of these qualities, he agrees
"with every war correspondent who has
seen the (Turks j in ba tie. The First
Napoieon said of the IBritish army:
Give me these! men. with French offi
cers, and I shall conquer the world." So
of the Turkish soldier j Villiers eays :
'Give me this fighting material, under
British officers, and ths advantage to
us would be tremendous." But Ihe
Turkish soldier is not w lolly dependent
upon' his officer. 1 ''I hsve seen them,"
said Villiers, "when the ir leaders weie
shot down, continue U- press forwaid
with irresistible fury. Sot so with the
Russian soldier, when his o.licer is dis
abled; he stands still, and at a loss. The
church is dominant in bth armies. The
Russian fights for his Goc and his church,
and the Turk fights for his God and his
chureh. And this is one! of the greatest
dirFcult.'es that Britain, with its volun
teer aimy, would hae Co meet in aeon
fiict with Russia and itspmpressed a mv
Though dragge'd'to unwilling service,
the hussian soldiers, byj conviction and
training, are steeped in I a superstition
that makes them regardless of death,
Aeie I orb J nburte.
Jefferson Davis on
lace Riots.
In a personal letter td
Park Commi?
ioner Hoot, of fAtlantfc,
Mr Jeff ei son
D iv s .writes concerning
Mississippi : j
the race riots iu
"The tendency to cnange
seems to
grow upon the negroes
yx-nce of thtir right
Uith the iadul-
o leave at will,
j this State have
I l.e accounts of nuts in
been greatly exaggerateel
Though it may
seem singular, it is true that race con
flicts generally occur wlere the negroes
are few compared to the whites and the
personal association muqa closer ihan on
the plantations. ! On our island we Lave
five hundred, or six hunUred blacks and
say ten or a dozen whit s. There has
utver be( n a disturbance emong them.
w e tor several years iiaffl a negro magis
trate, lie lias now gone away, but be
fore his departure a we Si behaved, sober
young man defeated thehesro in the last
election contest.- whica at least show-
that the
ne groes to
arge extent
are
wimni; to trust a white man.
The Anarchist's "Dyjiaiuite Guide.
A peculiar book called tho "Dynamite
Uuicte has recently been published in
England and has attained wide circula
tion. As its name would indicate, this
cheerful little work is designed to aid the
anarchists in tho propagation of their
gospel bv means of Jdynam'te, etc.
among mo explosives io be used are
VFcnianflie," which is reported excellent
; for throwing among policemen or cavslry ;
I "Lorraide tire," 'suffocating bomb-
shells," "axplosiTe cigarettes," "sudden-
death crenades." and various other com
bustibles, the preparation of which with
dynamite, nitro-benzine
combustible materials is
scribed. With this terrible information
are intermingled instructions in street
fighting and genera
I revolutionary
Chronicle.
tactics. rrannt-o
' The Phosphate Kofck Market.
A peculiar state ef affiirs exists in the
phosphate rock i market
by the more
active of two elements
the expense of its lival
lieinfr elevated at
product. Land
rock is in good demand
and commands
full figures ,on account df comparativelv
Ill . . "
lisht, supplies caused
by unfavorable
weather ami scarcity
river lock is accumulat
of labor, while
eg with no en-
touragement lor nn ear
y outlet. Thn
anomalous conention is
worrying the
all the blame
trad in Charleston, ant
is attributed to the hlih freight rates
demanded for export cargoes.
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
NEWS FROM EACH STATE.
NORTH CAROLINA.
It is estimated according to the direc
tory aln ost completed for Charlotte that
6he; will show a population of 15,000
souls-.
Col R Y McAden. who recently died
at his- bom in Charlotte, left an estate
valudat $850,000, not including 110,
000 life insurance.
The.steamer Tahoma, plying between
Newberce and Broad Creek, burned at
the latter place. The steamer is owned
by F M Hussey.
l,5lo negroes gathered at Goldsboro
to migrate to Arkansas, being induced
to do so by emigration agents, but as the
8f?c-nts were run out of the country by a
rxjsse of determined white men the col-
Five prisoners, all colored, escaped
from the county jail at Shelby on
Wednesday morning. They were Char
lie Armstrong, implicated in the muider
of Farmer Philbeck last November,
John Logan, Cicero Eskridge, Joe Span
and McCampbell.
TLe I egislature passed a bill abolish
ing all the white normal schools in the
State, e ight in number, and applying
the funds set apart for them to the
county institutes, which will beheld
under direction and control of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Another negro who slands charged
with the brutal murder of Mrs Candace
Earp, in Robesrm county, has been
caught. 3 E Park took his man to
Lumberton. He got news before he ar
rived there that a mob was waiting at
the town of Roland to take the negroes
ai.d lynch them. This made it neeessa-
, ry to take them by another route. He
got them sareiy loageci in Lumoenon
jail, but so great is the indignation
against them that they may yet be
lynched.
In the Legislature the joint committee
on the railway commission reported a
bill to create a commission. There was
a meetir.e of the leading railway oSlcials
at Raleigh with the Legislative commit-t-e.
Among the railway men present
were Sol Haas, TMR Talcott and A B
Andrews, of the Richmond and Danville
system ; II II Waters, of the Cernst!, Line,
and John C Winder, of the Seaboard
system. It was agreed by the railway
officials that the provision in the bill
that the commission should make all
rates was harsh and improper. It was
als j contended, that the minimum penalty
(or a. violation of the rules of the com
mission, which was one thousand dollars,
v. as excessive. In the bill as reported,
the minimum penalty rj made one hun
elied dollars, i Another change made in
the bill as finally presented is that the
right to elect members of the corr.mis
t;ion shall alwajs rest in the Legislature.
More interest is felt in this measure than
any before the Legislature.
SOUTH. CAROLINA.
. A Building and Loan Association has
been organized in Chester.
The Horse Shoe Mining ' company or
ganized in Charleston Tuesday.
Work will soon commence - on cotton
mills at Anderson,
The new artesian well at Charleston
flows (52-1 gallons per minute ''by actual
measurement."
Charleston has secured a franchise ii?
the Southern Base Ball league and is
organizing a club. 'I
Nearly every farmer in the neighbor
hood of Florence is preparing for a to
bacco ci op, ranging from two to thirty
acres each.
Governor Richardson has offered a re
ward of $50 each for the arrests and
delivery to the sheriff of Lancaster or
Chesterfield county of Dick Gardner and
Sam Gregoryr, the rnen who have been
engaged in the systematic robbery ot
horses and mules in the eastern border
of this State and in North Carolina.
The Pacific Guano Company of Boston,
which has mape an assignment to John
C Ropes, had a paid in capital of $1.
000,000. It was incorporated in 1867
had a phosphate mine at Beaufort, S C,
and Woods Holl, Mass. The company
for many years has done. an extensive
business, selling largely throughout the
South to merchants and planters, taking
the ir notes on long time. The company
borrowed largely on its paper. The
failure was a great surprise as the busi-
v ness who supposed to be in a prosperous
f condition, mid nrires of cuano had Ad
vanced in the South. John HGlldden
is the President. The liabilities are
placed at $1,000,000, and nominal as
sets, $1,500,000.
TENNESSEE.
Tho total output of coal in Tennessee
in 1888 was 1,067,297 tons, against 1,-71-1,200
tons in 1.887. The total value of
the coal mined is $2,262,391.
A crank named William Reed, in the
jail at Memphis, Monday morning at
tacked Father Achfield, a priest, attached
to Peter's Catholie church at that city.
Recti useel a knife for his purpose, stab
bing the priest to the heart, killing him
instantly. Father Achfield helped Reed
in many ways, only, recently promising
his release from jail.
The news reached Chattanooga that
the Queen & Crescent system has pur
chased the Anniston and Cincinnati rail
road, which connects Anniston and Ai
lalla, Alabama. The road is thirty-five
miles in length. An accommodation
train between Chattanooga and Anniston
is to be put on the roael in a few days.
The new purchase will give the Queen &
Crescent system one of the most import
ant feeders in thfi south, as the roael runs
through a rich mineral soil.
A shocking accident occurred ta;
Creosoting Brick works of Guild, Whka
fe Gillespie, at Chattanooga, which result
ed in the death of II T Falls, the super
intendent, and his son, Jesse Falls, is
dyiug. The plant had just been put into
operation when the boiler containing
many barrels of coal tar exploded, cover
ing the elder Falls with tar which was
ignited by the Ted hot bricks, and his
flesh was soon burned until it was im
possible to recognize the unfortunate
man. Jesse Falls was also covered from
head to foot with the boiling tar, and is
dying from his injuries. William Parks
and a man named Cowan were also badly
burned. The boiler had a cast iron head,
and the explosion is supposed to !-';
been caused by the ignition of the gas
which arose from the heated tar. The
work9 are a total wreck. The unfortu
nate affair has cast a gloom over the en
tire city. '
The suit of Mrs Mollie Owen against
T G Ryman for false detention and breach
of contract is occupying the attention of
the circuit court at Nashville. The pub
lic are familiar with the plan Captain
Hymau adopted for aiding in carrying
the prohibition amendment. William
Owen was shot and killed in a saloon in
south Nashville on the night before the
day of the election. - The next day Cap
tain Ryman took Mrs Owen all over town
in an open carriage, carrying a banner on
which, was an inscription calculated to
aid" the success of prohibition. Mrs.
Owen claims that Captain Ryman prem
ised to pay over $1,250 for thus exposing
herself, though a grief stricken widow,
to the gaze of the multitudes, to influence
against the amendment. Upon Captain
Ryman refusing to pay this amount she
brought suit.
f VIRGINIA.
! The Bank of Bedford, located at Lib
erty, suspended payment.
The Stanton and West Augusta Rail
road company was organized at Stan
ton. At Norfolk the stores Nos 31 and 83
Market square, occupied by H Bardet,
boots and shoes, and D Carpenter, fur
niture, were burned. Loss estimated at
$18,000; insured.
Ten white Republican clubs of Nor
folk and Portsmouth will attend Gen
Harrison's inauguration with about six
hundred men, and will be headed by the
celebrated Soldiers' Home band. A por
tion of the artillery troops at Fortress
Monroe will also attend. '
Representative O'Ferrall, of Virginia,
says that he has decided to enter the
contest for the Governorship of Virginia.
He says that the issues of the campaign
upon which will be determined whether
Virginia is going to bieak away from
the Solid South or not would be princi
pally local issues, "and the national tar
iff question will be relegated to the rear
for the time being."
- The Richmond Locomotive and Ma
chine Works are rapidly developing
their already extensive works with a view
to placing themselves in a position to
build at least 100 locomotives a year.
They have contracted for a large number j
of tools and are making considerable ex
tensions in their various shops. " They
expect to have all their alterations com
pleted by May, 1889.
A Danville dispatch says: Railroad
building in this part of Virginia goes ou
at a lively rate. Track-laying will soon
begin on this end of the Atlantic and
Danville road from Danville to Norfolk,
and the directors of the Roanoke and
Southern road, from Roanoke City to ,
Winston, N C, were here to let the con
tract for building a section of twenty
nine miles, which will complete the line
from Winston to Martinsville.
GEORGIA.
8 A 'Anderson is negotiating to build
fertilizer works in Marietta, Ga.
The Marietta Guano Co., of Marietta,
lately reported as to rebuilel at Atlanta,
Ga.J their burned guano works, will also
erect an oil mill,
The colored military companies of
Augusta gave a grand street parade in
Atlanta, in honor of Abraham Lincoln's
birthday.
The Georgia Hittorical Society cele
brated its fiftieth anniversary by a ban
quet at Savannah. Letters of regret were
read from Secretary Bayard, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and others.
The Macon Construction Co. of Macon,
and the Americus Investment Co, of
Americus, lately mentioned as to build a
cottonseed oil mill and a fertilizer fac
tory, have organized the Cordele (Ga
Cottonseed Oil & Guano Co., capital
stock $25,000. Mill will use 30 tons
seed daily. ' :i ' i
Late Tuesday afternoon seven prison
escaped from the -ounty jail at Bruns
wick and are still at large. They drew
the staples and used the door bar with
which to punch a hole through the rear
wall. Those who got away are: Joe
Jones, Ciscan Fulley, Julius Cobb.
Charles Jones, Ghas. Summerlin ancl
three others. Sheriff Berrie is out hunting
the escaped prisoners.
4 FLORIDA.
ii
The South Florida Fertilizer! Co. has
been formed, it is stated, and will build
works at Orlando, Fla.
The Florida Press association closed its
labors in Pensacola Wednesday, and
spent the afternoon in an excursion to
the Davy yard and fort.
OTHER STATES.
A gas well is going down at Forest
City, Ark.
At Jackson, Miss, the Prouibitaoni6ts
have been defeated.
E W Clarke, of Washington, D C, has
been prospecting with a view te build
ing creosoting works in Mobile, Ala.
The Farmers' Alliance, of Hairisburg,
Texas, are getting estimates on buijdiugs
and machinery for a cotton oil miU.
A factory for manufacturing inks,
dyes, mucilage, glue, etc, will be started
with a capital of $5,000 at Sheffield,
Ala.
The deadlock in the West ! Virginia
Legislature in the election of a "United
States Senator still continues. The
latest ballot resulted: Goff, 35; Kenna,
33; Scattering 7. Necessary to a choice
88.
The Newport News and Mississippi
Valley Railroad company havo purchas
ed the machine shops of the Kentucky
Central Railroad company, at Goving
'on. The latter cbmpany.'will build
new shops, as lately stated, and are ne
gotiating for their locatiou at Lexing
ton. I A correspondent writincr from Louis
ville, Ky., says the developments bf the
oil region of southern Kentucky is be
ginning to attract a great deal of atten
tion. The extent ot the oil bearing ter
ritory has been partially tested by ex
perts, who report that in all probability
it is larger than that of Pennsylvania,
while the product of the wells is much
purer -in quality, and therefore much
more valuable.
Birmingham. Ala., is about to enlarge
its corperate limits by taking in the su
burbs and several thousand of the subur
ban population. A bill will be present
Jed to the Legislature of Alabama author
izing this extension. Birmingham ha
ha 1 phenomenal growth. Founded only
a little more than fifteen years ao, it
now has a population of between 30.000
nd 40,000, and is growing more rapidly
now than at any time during its brief
history.
Cardinal Gibbons to Pope Leo.
Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, Md.
has written a letter to Pope Lfo, ex
pressing the sympathy of the Catholic
clergy of the United States -with his Ho
liness. The letter is sent in acknowl -edgement
of a "book recently j receive t
from Rome, in which was demonstrated,
the falseness of the rumors that the Pope
was willing to compromise with the
Italian Qovernmeat.
COTTON CROP NEARLY ALL IN
Latest Report of the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The cotton returns of the department
of agriculture at Washington, D. C ,
make the average close of the picking
season six days later than last year on
account of the later maturity of the crop
and frequent rains. In many counties
in the Southwest the crop has not yet
been fully harvested. Careful consoli
dation of the returns- makes the propor
tion marketed 84.3 per cent, the aver
ages of States being as follows : Vir
ginia 83, North Carolina 84, South Caro
lina 85, Georgia 86, Florida 8J, Alabama
82, 3Iississippi 82, Louisiana 83, Texas
85, Arkansas 84, Tennessee 83.
The staple Is shorter than lat year,
and there is more discolored and trashy
fibre. The caterpillar and boll worm
have been widely distributed, but the
destruction by them have been greatly
limited by insecticide.
Seed have been sold at 12 to 16 cents
per bushel near lines of railroad, mostly
by tenants, proprietors finding it more
valuable for feeding and fertilizing pur
poses. A Farmer's Curiosity Saves a Train:
A terrible accident on the San Fran
cisco and North Pacific Railroad was
providentially avoided by a farmer living
near the track. It had rained heavily
during the night, and Russian River was
rising. The morning train coming south
from Cloverdale was nearly due as the
farmer started down -the track with no
object particularly in view. He thought
he -would see how the new filling of
earth from the caved-in tunnel affected
the firulch and the stream at the south,
side'of his ranch. Reaching the trestle
work, some thirty feet high, he saw the
track in position, level and to nil appear
ances undisturbecL A hand car ana sec
tion men had passed over not lontr be
fore. As the farmer -stood on the middle
of the structure, looking down, he noted
the great piles of "slum gullion" dumped
in yellow piles on either side from the
new tract above town.
A narrow rivulet poured through the
tortuous channel below, and his sharp
eyes saw something else, overlooked by
the section men. The water had under
mined the sills and loosened the immense
weight of mushy clay on the steep side3
of the gulch, so it had slid in, crushing
' . i ii A I J
ana snapping iwu oi iua Duppuruo icu--wood
piles at the bottom, but still in
placo under the bridge' above, which was
merely held in line by the rails. If the
engine of the south-bound train had at
tempted crossing, the train would have
been doomed, together with the people
on board. . No time was lost in flagging
the train, and tho company ought to lose
no time in acknowlederinc the seavice.
I Santa JZosa (.CaL) Republican.
(irotes'iue Sacred Nuts.
Japanese sacred nuts are the latest fad
in the market, and are having a large
sale as curiosities.
-Their intrinsic value is small, but in
former time the uneducated Japanese
used to worship them. They aTe to be
seen at most fashionable purveying
stores that aim to keep up with the pro
cession. In shape they are exactly like a pair
of mounted ox-horns. They are two
inches from tip to tip and are black in'
color, looking not unlike a black butter
fly. The taste is very similar to that of
a Brazil nut. They retail, at from ten to
twenty-five cents apiece, according to
size.
The remarkable quality about them is
thaa they will keep sweet and palatable
for twenty years from the time they are
gathered. These nuts grow .in the
marshes of Jo pan.
On cracking the shell -a heart-shaped
kernel is revealed, and this shape is what
gave rise to the superstition as to the
celestial character of the nut. Xew York
World.
Tho Texas Pony.
The mo3t inexperienced horseman will
not have to walk around the animal
twice in order to tell a Texas pony; that
is, one which is full bred, with no ad
mixture, lie has fine deer-like legs, a
very long bodj, with a pronounced roach
just forward of tho coupling, and pos
sibly a "glass eye'.' and a pinto hide.
Any old cowboy will point him out as
the only creature suitable for his pur
poses. Hard to break, because he has
any amount of latent devil in his' dis
position, he does not break his legs or
!fall over .backward in the "pitching
process as does tho "cayuse'' of the
Northwest. I think he is small and
shriveled up like a Mexican because of
his dry, hot habitat, over which he has to
walk many miles to get his dinner. But,
in compensation, he can cover leagues
of his native plains, bearing a secri
ingly disproportionately large man, with
an ease both to himself and to his rider
which is little short of miraculous.
Cen.ury. . j"
Tho Importance of the Letter A.
. A correspondent writes' to
the New
.-Tork World, saying: I have just made s
discovery, which is, to say the least, odd
indeed. The letter A, the leading letter
in the alphabet, is to be found in the
names of every one of our Presidents of
the United States of America, to wit:
Ueorge Y A sbmgton,
John A dams.
Thorn A s Jefferson,
James iu a dison,
J A mes Monroe,
John Q. A dams,
Andrew J A c If son.
Martin V A n Earen.
"William II
A rrison.
John
J
Zachary T
Mill
Fr
J
Abrah
A. Tyler.
A mes Polk,
A ylor,
A rd Fillmore.
A nklin Fierce
A mes Buchanan,
A ni Lincoln,
A ndrew Johnson,
U. S. Gr
A nt.
Kutberford U. 11 A yes,
JumesA. O A rfleld,
Chester A. A rthur,
GroverClevel A nd,
Benjamin II A rrison.
Italians and Negroes . Fljrht.
A fight took place two miles cast of
Newport, Ky., on the liue of the Hunt
ington new C and O ioad Ixtre-en Itul
lau workmen and negroes. Tl.ree men
are rejortHl killed and a scon w ounded.
The trouble is said to have l,egun in a
dispute over the owTghip i a jug of
whiskey.
Creat speed sometimes has its advan
tages. Tramps and other, ill-disposed
persons the other day piled a heap of
t.es upon the track of the Atlantic a'.d
Pacific Koad in front of an approaching
train. The engineer Ea vv the obstruct ioa
too late to stop his tra n. He pulled the
throttle wide open and struck the ties
with such force that they were hurled
into the ditch, while the train kept upon
he rails.
Of the 45,000,000 or more of cattle In
the United States, Texas is estimated to
have 4,124,033, the value of which
reaches the sum of $6t't 5 18, 8 30. There
are more cattle in Texas than any other
State, but In ralne, New York, Illinois
and Iowa laid.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
HOUSE AND SENATE.
Orn National "Law-Hakera Deliberate
on Measures for the Public Good.
Monday House. The Smalls-Elliott
contested election was regularly taken
up in the House this morning, and its
consideration consumed .the greater
part of the day. Pending further debate
the matter went over.
In the Senate ths credentials of Sen
ator Coke for his new Senatorial term
were presented and placed on file.
Senator Dawes presented a petition
from 120 Indian students at Hampton,
V . aorninst the continuance of the ration
system to Indians as an encouragement
to idleness, and recommending their
equipment in farming Implements and
stock.
Tuesday House. The debate on the
Elliott Smalls case consumed the entire
viav in the House, and owing to the gen
eral political nature of the arguments it
was decided to postpone the vote until
to morrow after the counting of the
electoral vote for President and Vice-
Senate Among the S.nate bills re
ported from committees and placed on
the Calender was one appropriating $30,
000 for the construction of iron bridge
from Fort Monroe to Elizabeth City,
Vs., and one to provide for ihe better i
enforcement of the quarantine laws ana
regulations of tho United States, and for
the establishment of a national board of
health. -
. "Wednesday The chamber of lh
House prestnted a lively tcene this
morning, although nothing of a sensa tional
character was expected. The gal
leries wtru filled an hour before noon by
a crowd of interested spectators who
were eager to witntss the ceremonies at
tending the counting of the electoral
vote. Ladies were in a large majority
and with their handsome costumes form
ed a pretty fiv.rae to the kaleidoscopic
picture presented on the floor below. The
corridors in the rtar of the galleries were
thronged with sightseers who were con
ttnted if by rising on their tin-toes they
could glacce over the shoulders of tac
more fortunate persona who had secured
a foothold in the doorway. Many ladies
-were ujcn the floor pleading with mem
bers for passes to the already overflowing
galleries.
After the Journal wrs read legislative
proceedings were suspended, and the
Senators, headed by their ofliceri, filed:
into the chamber, bringing with them
the returns of tlectoral colleges. m
The presiding officer upon receiving
tho result said :
"The state of the vote for President of
the United States, as delivered to the
Senate, is as follows: The whcle num
ber of electors appointed to vote for
President of the United States is 401, of
which a majority is 201. Benjamin liar
rison, of the State of Indiana, has re
ceived for President of th "United States
233 votes, and G rover Cleveland, of the
State of New York, has received ICS
votes. The state of the vote fcr Vice
President of the United States, as deliv
ered to the President of the Ser ate, is as
follows: Whole number of electors ap
pointed to vote for President of the
United States i3 401, of which a majority
is 201. Levi P Morton, of the State of
New York, has received 233 votes, and
Allen G ThUrman, of the State of Ohio,
has received 163 votes.
The count of the electoral vote having
been concluded and the result declared,
the Senators retired to their own cham
her.
ti . n . i. , l i
i ue Dfc..NAiB. iieiu oniy u buori execuf
tive sess'on. . .
Tiiuns-riAY The House passed most
of the day discussing a resolution giving
instructions to the House conferees on
the territorial bill.
The Senate to-day listened to a dis
cussion of the Texas election outrage.
After a brief seciet session, the Senate
at 5 : 10 p . m. a 1 jourued.
Friday In the Houaa today, Mr
Mills, from the Committte on Ways and
Mean?, reported back the Mills tariff bill,
with Senate amendments, which was re
ferred to the Committie of the Wholj.
Mr Mills also reporteJ a i evolution
questioning the constitutionality of tbe
Senate substitute
The Senate bill appioj riating $250,
000 to protest American interests in
Pauama was passed.
The Senate considered th i Texas elec
tions .(solution and the resolutions on
the death of Representative Bobertson.
Facial Expressions of Workers.
A man's occupation or condition has a
good. deal to do with making his facial
expression. Intellectual pursuits, like
studies or the scholarly professions. when
coupled with temporal and. moral habits
of life, brighten the face and give a per
son a superior look. Magnanimity of
nature, or love of studies and aits, will
make a bright, glad face; but, contrary
to this, a man may have a face that does
not please anybody, because of a love of
self to the exclusion of all others, not
withstanding his lca-ning and worldly
shrewdness. Soldiers get a hard, severe
look, overworked laborers constantly look
tired, leporters look inquisitive, mathe
maticians look studious, judges become
grave, even when off the bench;, the
man who has had domestic trouble looks
all broken up.
An example of the ludicrous side of
this subject is to see a third-class lawyer
stalking around a police court looking
wise as an owl. The business makes the
faco, I say. There's tho butchers face,
the saloon-keeper's face, the ministerial
face, the lawyer's face, the doctor's face,
the hoodlum's face, all so distinct each i
from the other and singly, that I seldom
fail to recognize tho3e cal lings showing
through the faces. And what city boy
cannot recognize a genuine farmer on
the street as a farmer - the moment he
sees himf Herald of Health.
The Dufj on
Ford-fa
It lee.
The famous Patoa rice case at New
Orlems. which has been pending before
Judge Billings, In the United States Cir-
of duties collected on unci aned Patna I
nee, has been decided agnnst the plain
tiffs and in favor of the Uoyerhment.
Thb is a reversal of therulingof jeira
at all the ports, and puts an affect uel bar
on the importations of rough Bengal rice
at other than the rate of duty imposed
on cleaned, which it is now decided to
be. I -
The imports of this style lastjyear were
over 100,000 bags, and it will thus be
seen thit the decision i r,t rrXA.r.i
importance in its relations to, ind possi- (
uiy luautnue on, tne nee markets of the
United States.
GENERAL NEWS.
William L Porter, w ho has if
from the office of treasurer cf Verm v
county, Indiana, is short abot Ho T-5
in his Accounts. " -'1
in his account?.
Rear Admiral Chandler.
the Asiatic station of the U
i
died at Hong Kong Taesdav ui,
plexy.
The entire works of the W
Cl. TVK.. , u,;a
1IV
Monico, Wis , were destroyed on T
day. Loss $120,000, insurar.ee S ) 0 o
Thc Pennsylvania Glass work ..
3Ieadville, Pa., were ditroel by' f
on Wednesday last. The los h
mated at $C0,0G0, ard the insuraccv'il
stated at half that amount.
The recent strike in New Yvrk c-.
directly and indirectly l,707,ino. j
divides the losies as folio w.: Car c
panics $117,000; strikers, $."0.0 - ret ;i
trade, 1,500.000; theatiei,
liquor saloons, 30,000.
. Nevada has become so nir.ch a'ar&ej
over the steady decline of her popu:ati3
that a scheme has bctn agitatcl fori-1
quiring a. lot of inhabitants by aniirx;r
territory from another State Ir is prf
posed to take a slice' of three c:i,tra
counties of California Rnd tbu-i g 'X(
Nevada a fresh start in tbe race wf fli.tus
News comes from Sia Jacinth, a l;t;:4
mountain town in tLo extreme r ttl., ra
part of San Diego county, 'iV.if. rnii,
that an earthquake shock a few davsa.i
was 60 severe that a dance in a i.ir"o L.il
was broken up, and the 200 peep;,.' jre,
ent sought safety by jumping tLruuh
tho -windows. Many were traxjbj
under foot, others were cut by hr. v
glass, but no one was fatnlly hint.
Washlntou C;ojsIp.
President Cleveland has nominutcd
the Hon Hugh S Thompson, of Somli
Carolina, to be a member of the Ovil
Service Commission, in place of Mr H i
gctton, of Indiana, who ha I eon ie
moyed. Senator Vance wa about the 'en ie
chambtr Wednesday for the Mrt tine
since he had his eye removed by a surgi- .
cal operation.
Small dinner parties and teas on a.in
day are very popular in Washing!.:!,
The custoin was introduced by tha
South American diplomat, ,vi.o f. und
our puritanical Sabbath ubscna-u-ci t
tame for them. ,
The Senate has contirnied tin; nomina
tions of Commissioner Colman to
Secretary of Agriculture, und John A
Turley, Ath ns, Tenn , and lMvanl B
Young, South Boston, Vtt., to be
masters.
, Late advices at the State and navy de
partments, iu regard to Panam.i, show
that affairs are quiet at present, hut
trouble may bo expected at any time.
The United States ships Atlanta an 1
Ossipee arc at Aspinwall, jind the Mohi
can will be at Panama in a few days.
This force is regarded us sufficient for
the protection of A tacricau interests ia
the Isthmus.
The Stnate confirmed the uaminuti.m
of ColJoscph C Breckinrblge to be in
sjector gimral of th-- army. The lTes:
ident sent '.he following nc.min it ions t"
t!-.e Senate: Norman J Coleman, of
Missouri, to be Secretary of Agriculture;
Adlar E Stwvenson, of Illinois to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, vice Ym 5
Merrick, deceased.
Atrocious Murder.
One of the mcst shot king muider in
the criminal history of Georgi-i was tlt
a'TMrs Eliza Hargrove, a hisrbly rs; i t
ed white lady, aj:ed 73 year, r.eir At
lanta. - She is a widow ami owns a larire
plantation. James M Wood, a yut
man, has been superintending her f.iira
for her.
She left the place where Wood an 1
others were at work ami went l.oit e.
Subsequently Wood wint to t!.; h.uw,
and when he returned he .aid he v v 1
not nd Mrs Hat grove. Asmif Mr
Hargrove then win t buck with V..,!,
and Mrs IInrgroves loiy w: s font d .-ti:l
warm. Her head ba 1 Int n i ruhed in.
by two blows wish tbe j-olc of an ac,
and a bleody axe wus o n.d in Woo I
room. -
The old lady w:e ll roni.eiK-l a:. l
highly ieiM.c:e 1. Ul odiioi n !' wiie
brought, buteoi 1 I fi id u trail. Wo - l
is under guard ai.d stipicl n iti n
against him and growing ? trouper. H
is probable he w ill lc lyne'.ed.
Porous Walerproor Cloth.
An excellent method for prepariag a
porous waterproof cloth is taid to be tho
process adopted for the tunics cf t: e
French soldiers during the Cr.uuaa
War. It is as follows: Dissolve two and
a quarter pounds of a'utn a d dissolve
it in ten quarts of water; then dbsclvo
in a separate vessel the same quantity of
sugar of lead in ten gallons of wa'er,
and mix the two solutions. Now h audio
the cloth well in this liquid until every
part of it is penetrated, then squeeze is
and dry it in the air or in a waim room,
then wah it in cald water and dry it
again, when it is fit to le used. If
cece??ary the cloth may be dipped in the
mixture and dried twice befoie bein
washed. Cloth so treated, whether cot
ton or wool, is said to shed rain like tbs
feathers on a duck's back, and more
over partially riie-proof; The liquor will
appear curdled when the alum and lead
solutions arc mixed together. TiiH fs th?
reshlt of double decomposition, tbe sul
phate of lead which is an insoluble salt
being formed. The sulphate of Kal
is taken up Jn the pores of the goods,
and it is unaffected by ra'n and yet it
does not render the cloth air-tight; air
tight cloth does not admit of the pa-.'a
of a;r, and is both unpleasant and un
wholesome to those who persp're freely.
- Courier' Jjyt'taL
Street Cxr ConJnri.iri ti? IVaiktrr.
A conductor on the Hroadway bee, Iu
New York, estimates that, iu coil? die
fares and in helping pas-ejgeri on and
oS. the car, he walks at least two miles a
day. He got3 into detail a folio. :'A
car is about fifteen feet long. When I
walk from tbe rear platform through the
car. turn and c.me back, I go over thirty-five
feet, count ng tbe turn I ha.e
watched myself often oa trips and tit i
that on an average I go a far as th-;
tenter of the car and back, about twe-ty
feet. fifty times on the round trip. TL-re
you have lOJO feet a trip, aud eight trl.i
a Say make tO -ofeer. Kvery time any
one gets on or off a car we help them oa,
take a step forward and backward. VLe
a woman getJ on we frequently folios
her part way thiough the dcor, so yea
ice we easily walk two miles a day whii?
.on duty, It is the most tiie-ome ki:i
of walking, too, a eort of a crsnpe-1
huft!e half the time. Conductor .'
hard on fhoes for thi reason."
The wool product of the worli i
placed at l.iivO.OOO.OOO pouiid, t-J
the number of sheep at 50,0J0,OA'.